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I agree! People will become more productive, meaning fewer people can do more work. That said, I hope this does not result in the production of evermore things

I agree! People will become more productive, meaning fewer people can do more work. That said, I hope this does not result in the production of evermore things at the cost of nature! I think we are at a crossroads as to what this will result in, however. In one case, the benefits will accrue at the top, with corporations earning greater profits while employing less people, leaving a large part of the population without jobs. In the second case, we manage to capture these benefits, and confer them not just on the corporations but also the public good. People could work less, leaving more time for community enhancing activities. There are also many areas where society is currently underserved which could benefit from freed up workforce, such as schooling, elderly care, house building and maintenance etc etc. I hope we can work toward the latter rather than the former.

jspdown 1y ago
> That said, I hope this does not result in the production of evermore things at the cost of nature! It will for sure! Just today the impact is collosal. As an example, people used to read technical documentation, now, they ask LLMs. Which replaces a simple static file by 50k matrix multiplication.
- poisonborz 1y ago
  ...and saves humongous amounts of time in the process. Documentations are rarely a good read (however sad, I like good docs), and we should waste less engineering time reading them.
ringeryless 1y ago
the earth is not the property of humans, nor is any of it empty until you show zero ecosystem or wildlife or plants there. for sure, we are doing our best to eradicate the conditions that make earth habitable, however i suggest that the first needed change is for computer screen humans to realize that other life forms exist. this requires stepping outside and questioning human hubris, so it might be a big leap, but i am fairly confident that you will discover that absolutely none of our planet is empty.
- wetpaws 1y ago
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jspdown 1y ago

> That said, I hope this does not result in the production of evermore things at the cost of nature! It will for sure! Just today the impact is collosal. As an example, people used to read technical documentation, now, they ask LLMs. Which replaces a simple static file by 50k matrix multiplication.

poisonborz 1y ago
...and saves humongous amounts of time in the process. Documentations are rarely a good read (however sad, I like good docs), and we should waste less engineering time reading them.

ringeryless 1y ago

the earth is not the property of humans, nor is any of it empty until you show zero ecosystem or wildlife or plants there. for sure, we are doing our best to eradicate the conditions that make earth habitable, however i suggest that the first needed change is for computer screen humans to realize that other life forms exist. this requires stepping outside and questioning human hubris, so it might be a big leap, but i am fairly confident that you will discover that absolutely none of our planet is empty.

wetpaws 1y ago
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